Trump Approves Firing Squad Execution for Former Army Major Who Killed 13
The Pentagon says Nidal Hasan, sentenced to death for killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, will face a firing squad under a plan approved by Trump. The Army will determine when and where the execution takes place.
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President Donald Trump has approved a firing squad execution for Nidal Hasan, the former Army major responsible for the 2009 Fort Hood attack that killed 13 people, according to the Pentagon.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proposed the method, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Monday.
The announcement gave no date for the execution.
“The Secretary of the Army will set the time and place of the execution,” Parnell wrote on social media. “Judgement day for Hasan has finally come.”
Execution Details Pending
Neither the White House nor the Pentagon immediately answered questions about the choice of a firing squad or the timetable.
Hasan received a death sentence in 2013 from a military jury composed of officers.
He had served as a psychiatrist at the Texas base before carrying out the November 5, 2009, shooting, which also wounded 31 people.
Representing himself at trial, Hasan presented no defense. He said his purpose was to protect fellow Muslims he believed U.S. forces had unjustly targeted.
A lawyer representing Hasan could not be identified Monday.
Some relatives of those killed, along with some wounded survivors, described the death sentence as just when it was handed down, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Scrutiny of Execution Methods
Trump’s approval follows a failed lethal injection execution in Tennessee, where a woman convicted of murder survived two doses.
The state’s Republican governor suspended executions days before the Pentagon announcement.
That case has renewed scrutiny of how lethal injection drugs are obtained, including the secrecy surrounding their supply chain.
South Carolina used a firing squad last year to execute a man convicted of a double murder committed in 2001. It was the first U.S. execution by that method in 15 years.
Ahmet Koçak
Ahmet Koçak is a news editor at Clash Report based in Istanbul. He previously served as Deputy Managing Editor at Türkiye Today, helping launch the digital news platform in 2023, and spent three years as Senior Editor at Daily Sabah. His work focuses on breaking news, geopolitics, international affairs, and digital journalism.
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